ISAAC KWABENA BOAKYE vs. ELVIS AMOAH [2016]DLHC6278

Date	2016-11-30
Suit No.	Suit No. RPC/382/13
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC6278

JENNIFER DODOO (MRS)

DANIEL ADDO-ASIEDU FOR PLAINTIFF

SETH AGYAPONG-MENSAH FOR DEFENDANT

[2016]DLHC6278
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ISAAC KWABENA BOAKYE<o:p></o:p>{PLAINTIFF}<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ELVIS AMOAH<o:p></o:p>{DEFENDANT}<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
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Suit No. RPC/382/13&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 30TH NOVEMBER 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:
<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;DANIEL ADDO-ASIEDU FOR PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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&nbsp;SETH AGYAPONG-MENSAH FOR DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>JENNIFER DODOO (MRS) JUSTICE OF THE
HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On 6th November 2013, the
Plaintiff caused a writ of summons to be issued out of the Registry of this
court claiming against the Defendant, the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Payment of the sum of €25,000.00 or
its Ghana Cedi equivalent being the total cost advanced to the Defendant in
respect of the said plastering works on the two-three storey buildings<o:p></o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interest on (a) at the prevailing
commercial rate with effect from August 10, 2011.<o:p></o:p>c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Costs<o:p></o:p>d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Any other relief that the Honourable
Court may deem fit.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>It was the Plaintiff’s case as set
forth in his Statement of Claim that he was a resident of Germany and the owner
of two three storey buildings in Accra.&nbsp;
He had entered into an oral contract with the Defendant, an ex policeman
and contractor to have these buildings plastered<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>According to the Plaintiff, the
Defendant presented him with an estimated cost of €25,000.00.&nbsp;&nbsp; He then transferred an initial amount of
€1,500.00 and later transferred the outstanding balance to the Defendant.&nbsp; The Defendant had failed to carry out his
obligations. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Defendant stated in his defence
that the Plaintiff contracted him to work not on three two storey buildings but
on three, three storey buildings.&nbsp; The
Defendant said the parties entered into an oral contract in which they agreed
that as his contract fee, the Plaintiff was to purchase for him a brand new
Nissan Navara pick up/&nbsp; They further
agreed that while Plairtiff was to provide all the building material, the
Defendant was&nbsp; to provide for and pay all
the workers on site.&nbsp; The Defendant
stated that he carried out his part of the bargain by putting up the
three-three storey building and roofing them.&nbsp;
The contract fee for this venture was pegged at €25.000.00<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>He stated that the Plaintiff only
transferred the sum total of €2.500.00 and instructed the Defendant to purchase
land at Adenta with the money.&nbsp; He said
the Plaintiff had however failed to pay his contract fee in spite of the fact
that he had made many demands for it. He said he tracvelled to Germany to
demand for his money and the Plaintiff only gave him €200.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In view of this, the Defendant made
a counterclaim against the Plaintiff for the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Recovery
of an amount of GH¢70,000.00 being the Defendant’s contract fee for building
the three-three storey buildings at Atomic Accra, and&nbsp; a three storey building in Sunyani.<o:p></o:p>